Using your time series: An overview

I poke at time management now and then. Try new systems. Look at sites on-line. Try to increase my productivity. Recently, I’ve realized I’ve gotten lazy — I’m too inclined to sit down and putter instead of looking at what’s on my to-do list and doing it. If realizing that one isn’t being productive were enough to make somebody become productive, it wouldn’t be a multi-million dollar industry. So I’m embarking on the journey again, trying to do more — and this time, I’m blogging about it, with reference to things I’ve read and what I’m planning to try. Feel free to chime in on the comments of these posts with your own ideas and problems!

Here’s the current breakdown of the blog series:

Week 1 (August 15) — looking at why. Why do I want to be productive? What am I trying to accomplish? Where am I going? Why do I what I do, and how is getting more done going to impact that?

Week 2 (August 22) — looking at time. Short blocks vs. long blocks of time. Most productive times of the day. Family time commitments.

Week 3 (August 29) — looking at what and how. What needs to be done? How do I keep track? How do I know what still needs to be done? How do I decide what comes next?

I do want to keep doing genre posts. I’m just not sure about frequency — I’d like to do at least one a month. Two would be better, but especially with committing to doing the flash as well, that might be a bit much. Topic request duly noted.